MrZ here…

Our little girl is finally here! We had to have an emergency C-section at 8:47 (the cord was wrapped around her neck). Mother and baby are doing fine. Pictures to come.

NikkiZ
7lbs. 3 oz.
19 inches

Cant talk long, drunk and woozy from sleeping medicine. The stuff didnt help a lot. I’m stilll feeling contractions. Bah. no sleep. Also feel really drunk. that cant be good.

cervix is softening and effacing a bit, still 1cm dialated. Still scheduled Pitocin drip at 6am. Wish me luck and hope me sober.

MrZ is still sleeping!

I finally shut up about an hour or so ago so MrZ could get some sleep. My contractions have been about two minutes apart for the past two hours. They hurt, I’m using my breathing, but they are not enough for me to wake MrZ up yet. I don’t know if this is a sign of “labor” or not. It’s very weird, because under normal circumstances? 2 minutes apart would be VERY close and mean I was deep into labor, I have NO idea what it means tonight. Hopefully? It means I’ll have the baby in five minutes.

I’m very sleepy, but I can’t seem to get any sleep due to the aforementioned contractions. (Having one right now. Hang on.) Okay, yeah, so no sleep. I am trying though, I promise. They havent gotten any stronger in the last hour, or closer together, so I’m kinda pessimistic that they signify progress.

I get another cervical softener in about 30 minutes. We’ll see what happens then.

In the meantime: I just got a warning that I’m about to exceed my bandwidth, so my site may go down temporarily (sorry) so if you are still up with me? You may have to fill everyone in tomorrow. Of course, its their own damn fault for SLEEPING while I’m in labor!

Just kidding…I don’t think I’m actually in labor yet. Who the hell knows. Modern medicine is very strange.